New Dragon Age Awakening Trailer Provides Elf Breasts, Walking Trees

[bobknowsall]

How does the expansion work if your character is

Spoiler

, yano, dead?

I've heard that they allow you to generate a new Orlesian Warden if your character went and

Spoiler

offed themselves

.

 

[Ian Caronia]

-Hey, are we going to see Morrigan Pregger-babies? I had a romance with her that twisted the plot into having a bitter sweet ending, and, you know, I kinda want to see my demi-god kid.

--If so, then it's an immediate buy.

 

[geldonyetich]

I was told there would be elf breasts. Methinks that's barely elf cleavage.

Ah well, look forward to the expansion... maybe I should finish the game, hmm?

 

[Fearzone]

are they legally allowed to DIRECTLY USE Lord of the Rings music?

I was about to post the same thing

 

[Amnestic]

are they legally allowed to DIRECTLY USE Lord of the Rings music?

I was about to post the same thing

I'm sure Bioware (and EA's) legal team are well aware of whether or not they can use the music.

 

[Angron]

How does the expansion work if your character is, yano, dead?

thats kinda a spoiler

but also, all i will say is there are multiple endings so...

 

[Zenn3k]

Do levels mean anything yet?

I stopped playing DA:O the moment I realized that leveling up meant absolutely NOTHING.

Wow... And how did you come to that kind of conclusion?

Every enemy in the game levels up WITH you, which means leveling up is 100% pointless.

 

[Starke]

are they legally allowed to DIRECTLY USE Lord of the Rings music?

I was about to post the same thing

I'm sure Bioware (and EA's) legal team are well aware of whether or not they can use the music.

Combined with their direct and sloppy use of an internet tutorial? That doesn't exactly fill me with a lot of confidence.

 

[CD-R]

But, damn, they sure can't figure out how to adequately animate breasts. With Velanna, it doesn't even look like they tried.

They did at least a better job at it then Visceral with Dante's Inferno.
Beatrice's breasts look nothing but ridiculous.But those are the only pair of breasts that I have seen in DI so far.So they might be able to redeem themselves later on.

Wait till you get to the lust level and see Cleopatra's. Seriously for 2/3 of the level you're riding an elevator up a giant phalic shaped tower while a giant topless Cleopatra climbs it. All you see for that part are her giant tits and hands in the backround while she spits unbaptized babies with blades for arms out of her nipples. I actually thought it was pretty funny.

 

[Quick Ben]

Do levels mean anything yet?

I stopped playing DA:O the moment I realized that leveling up meant absolutely NOTHING.

Wow... And how did you come to that kind of conclusion?

Every enemy in the game levels up WITH you, which means leveling up is 100% pointless.

I'm pretty sure that every enemy also has a minimum-level, at least the bosses, so I don't think you can complete the game at too low a level. Besides, leveling up gives you more abilities which you will use more efficiently than the AI. At least for me, the game got easier as I leveled up...

 

[Amnestic]

are they legally allowed to DIRECTLY USE Lord of the Rings music?

I was about to post the same thing

I'm sure Bioware (and EA's) legal team are well aware of whether or not they can use the music.

Combined with their direct and sloppy use of an internet tutorial? That doesn't exactly fill me with a lot of confidence.

Maybe the Bioware guys were the people who came up with the internet tutorial? Hell I don't know, I'm not their marketing or PR department.

Yet.

 

[Starke]

are they legally allowed to DIRECTLY USE Lord of the Rings music?

I was about to post the same thing

I'm sure Bioware (and EA's) legal team are well aware of whether or not they can use the music.

Combined with their direct and sloppy use of an internet tutorial? That doesn't exactly fill me with a lot of confidence.

Maybe the Bioware guys were the people who came up with the internet tutorial? Hell I don't know, I'm not their marketing or PR department.

Yet.

Unless Bioware snuck out of Canada and into Southern California without letting us know... that's a no.

 

[Andothul]

This expansion should be awesome considering my character is King of Ferelden

 

[Amnestic]

are they legally allowed to DIRECTLY USE Lord of the Rings music?

I was about to post the same thing

I'm sure Bioware (and EA's) legal team are well aware of whether or not they can use the music.

Combined with their direct and sloppy use of an internet tutorial? That doesn't exactly fill me with a lot of confidence.

Maybe the Bioware guys were the people who came up with the internet tutorial? Hell I don't know, I'm not their marketing or PR department.

Yet.

Unless Bioware snuck out of Canada and into Southern California without letting us know... that's a no.

Well I know that they have a Austin, Texas branch. Dunno about southern California. I was just guessing. It's not as if it looks bad really. If there were legal objectionable standpoints then I'm sure someone would call them on it.

As I said though, I'm not their PR/Marketing departments. I'm not privvy to the inside info about the specifics.

 

[Meggiepants]

Of course, she's scantily clad. Why is it always so arid and hot in fantasy settings, but only for females? I mean, that's the only reason that they show so much skin, right?

Right?

Actually, it's a known fact that a woman's body temperature runs about ten degrees hotter than a man's. When we get excited or angry, that temperature skyrockets. If we don't wear as little clothing as possible, it's a health hazard. If we leave too little room for the heat to escape, we just might very well combust. There is also a coloration between high body temperature and large breast size. There's a graph somewhere online, I can't seem to find it at the moment. So, until some brilliant electrical engineer figures out a way to incorporate a heat sink into our spines, we'll just have to continue wearing as little as possible to save ourselves the explosive outcomes of our tragically overdressed lady friends. The people at Bioware are just injecting a little reality into their game is all. Nothing wrong with that.

Also, BioWare is great at many things. Party-based combat. Convincing characters. But, damn, they sure can't figure out how to adequately animate breasts. With Velanna, it doesn't even look like they tried.

Breasts require their own physics engine. It would take up too much... disc space.

OT: March can't come soon enough. I'm so jazzed! Crap.. I think I better take a cold shower...

 

[Starke]

are they legally allowed to DIRECTLY USE Lord of the Rings music?

I was about to post the same thing

I'm sure Bioware (and EA's) legal team are well aware of whether or not they can use the music.

Combined with their direct and sloppy use of an internet tutorial? That doesn't exactly fill me with a lot of confidence.

Maybe the Bioware guys were the people who came up with the internet tutorial? Hell I don't know, I'm not their marketing or PR department.

Yet.

Unless Bioware snuck out of Canada and into Southern California without letting us know... that's a no.

Well I know that they have a Austin, Texas branch. Dunno about southern California. I was just guessing. It's not as if it looks bad really. If there were legal objectionable standpoints then I'm sure someone would call them on it.

As I said though, I'm not their PR/Marketing departments. I'm not privvy to the inside info about the specifics.

I'm not either. And there's a good chance EA used that music in Battle for Middle Earth. However, even if they licensed that soundtrack, replicating that theme in a DA ad could be extreemly hazardous to them because of the way copyrights work.

For example, Apple was sued by a company a couple years ago because that company produced a product OS10. Apple when they started producing OSX got sued because the claim was this would result in mistakes by the general public. The case was ultimatly thrown out because OS10 is a several thousand dollar server software operating system, and unlikely to be mistaken.

Dragon Age is a fantasy setting that is already walking as close to the line as it can to ripping off lord of the rings without earning a C&D. EA or Bioware choosing to then use music that is actually from LotR is, quite frankly, idiotic of them.

Do levels mean anything yet?

I stopped playing DA:O the moment I realized that leveling up meant absolutely NOTHING.

Wow... And how did you come to that kind of conclusion?

Every enemy in the game levels up WITH you, which means leveling up is 100% pointless.

That was Oblivion. Leveling enemies still happen in Fallout 3, but nowhere near as bad. Plus, you know, mods! (You know, like Oblivion)

Mirelurks pissed me off at low levels, now I make green goo out of them (and anyone who looks at me funny, for that matter). The first enclave soldiers nearly anally raped me, now I return the favor. And there's this Talon company camp that was full of sentry bots I just couldn't clear out back at level 10, I came back with power armor training and a gatling laser...

There's something about having 95% chance to hit any enemy's head from 25 meters away in V.A.T.S that says I'm high level and not to be trifled with.

The perks and skills are fun and totally worth leveling for.

Dragon Age DOES use scaling, but it's not quite as poorly implemented as the scaling in Oblivion. In fact, I'd wager that almost no major release features level scaling as poorly implemented as Oblivion's. Dragon Age scales regions based on your character level when you enter that region. Fallout scales the same way Oblivion does, but it tends to be inclusive scaling. That is to say, a spawn could produce a wild dog at level 3 will still produce one at level 20. Where as in Oblvion a spawn that will produce a wolf at level 3 will stop at level 6 or so, and start producing timber wolves.

 

[RanD00M]

Wait till you get to the lust level and see Cleopatra's. Seriously for 2/3 of the level you're riding an elevator up a giant phalic shaped tower while a giant topless Cleopatra climbs it. All you see for that part are her giant tits and hands in the backround while she spits unbaptized babies with blades for arms out of her nipples. I actually thought it was pretty funny.

I just finished Lust today.And I must say the Cleopatra's breasts look much more realistic then Beatrice's.